Pipe-connection



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PIPE CONNECTION.. No. 264,706., Patented Sept. 19, 1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

PATRICK KEILT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PIPE-CONNECTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,706, dated September 19, 1882,

I Application filed June 28, 1882. (No model.) v

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PATRICK KEILT, of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented certain Improvements in Pipe-Connections, ot' which the followingis aspecifcation.

My invention is a connection for uniting pipes ot hard and soft metal, constructed as fully described hereinafter, so as to eft'eet the requisite union with but t'ew joints, the same connection being available for uniting pipes of different shapes and for facilitating connection with laterals.

In the drawings, Figure lis a sectional view, showing niy improved pipe-connection. Fig. 2 is a view, partly in section, illustrating the connection uniting a Y-branch an-d P-trap; and Fig. 3 is a View showing the connection uniting a Y-branch and S-trap.

Heretofore in connecting traps or other softmetal pipes or attachments to hard-metal pipes itvhas been common to use cylindrical brass thinibles embedded in the bell-mouth ot' the hard-metal pipe, and a curved soft-metal section is soldered to the thimble and to the trap. rlhis has necessitated in each case a number ofjoints, each joint increasing the liability to leakage, and requiring special soft-metal bent sections adapted to the different forms ot' the trap to be connected. I overcome these objections by the use ot' the hard-metal connectingpipe A, bent substantially as shown, and having a rib or ange, a, at one end and roughcned at the other to facilitate soldering to the outlet-branch of the trap. The connection is secured with the hard-metalpipe-or instance, with the Y-branch ZI-vby inserting the flanged end in the bell-mouth otA the brauch and filling the surroumlingz,` space with lead packing e, the

otherfend heilig connected by solder y to the branch of the trap.

Owing to the curved form ot' the connection, an S-trap orv a P-trap may be united to the branch with like facility and With no altera-- tion of any ot' the parts, it only being necessary to insert the connection as shown in Fig. 2 to unite properly with a P-trap, or as shown in Fig. 3 to unite with an S-trap.

The connection may be made of any suitable curves and sizes, and ot' brass or other metal capable of being united by soldering to the soft-metal traps.

Where it is necessary to make connections with air-pipes or with laterals leading to basins, tubs, Cac., I provide the counectingpipe A with one or1nore branches, t t, to which the pipes may be attached with little diiiculty, thus avoiding the expense of perforating the traps.

l claiml. rEhe connection for uniting hard and soft metal pipes, consisting of a curved tube, A, ot' hard metal, having a ilange, c, at one end and adapted at the other to be united by soldering to the softanetal pipe, substantially as set forth.

2. The flanged and curved hard-metal connecting-tube A. constructed as specitied, and provided with branches t, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

PATRICK KEILT.

Witnesses v WILLIAM MACKEY, WILLIAM RYAN. 

